Based on the 1845 map of Hong Kong by Belcher where the Number 17 legend was placed overlying present-day Mary Knoll and Carmel Hill, I have placed the marker as best guess over the highest point of Mary Knoll as it would be supposed a military fortification be positioned at an elevated location for maximum strategic advantage.
"....The extreme eastern and western parts of Victoria are composed of Chinese streets and bazaars, where articles and curiosities essentially Chinese are to be found, as well as those of European origin or manufacture. Some few villages are distributed over the island, but Chuck-choo, a military station on the southern side, is the largest, the population of which does not amount to seventeen hundred. Sai-Wan, a smaller village on the east, is also occupied as a military station and sanitorium for our troops, the native population of which does not amount to five hundred..."
Source: The Sun, London, page 6, Saturday Evening 12th May 1849
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"Including all diseases, the…
"Including all diseases, the deaths in the 95th Regiment since the 12th of June have been 106; in the Rifles the total casualties have been only 6.
The following table exhibiting the number of men and officers in the garrison, and the extent of sickness of every description in the different corps, shows a gratifying improvement during the past week. The entire force is stationed at Hong Kong, with the exception of 62 Ceylon Rifles at Chek-chu and 26 at Sai-wan. We are unable to say what proportion of the 226 and 294 sick is to be set down to the present epidemic:
Present force. Sick, Aug 26. Sick, Aug 19.
Artillery...........................................................42 ............ 8 ............ 9
Sappers and Miners 25 ........... 3 ............ 2
Gun Lascars................................................. 77 ............ 14 ................ 12
95th Regiment............................................470 .............. 112 .............. 170
Ceylon Rifles.................................................535 ................. 89 ................ 101
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1149 226 294"
Source: London Evening Standard, page 4, 27th October 1848